Are you looking for ways to motivate your employees this year? Here are some tips for getting the year off to a positive start:
- Act as a role model and help inspire employees to identify what they are passionate about at work; then provide them with some projects in their area of passion or interest – a happy employee is a motivated employee!
- Clearly define the organization’s vision, mission and strategy as well as the goals and objectives of each employee. Make sure everyone on your team is in alignment toward the overall strategy so your employees can work as a team and help each other out. Positive team energy will help motivate everyone on the team.
- Empower your employees to succeed and delegate challenging and meaningful work – in general, people want to succeed and they want to continue learning and growing, so provide them with opportunities!
- Work with each employee to create their own personal development plan. Then, provide them with coaching and mentoring and help them increase their skills and their sense of competence.
- Monitor the progress of your employees towards accomplishing their goals and objectives – then provide rewards to reinforce positive behavior, increase their sense of progress and keep them motivated.
Motivating employees to learn, to grow, to try challenging new assignments, and to work together as a team is incredibly fulfilling! Seeing the look on someone’s face when they’ve succeeded at something they never though was possible is a gift itself. What’s your plan for motivating your employees during 2010?
You can do it!
Lisa Quast
Career Woman, Inc. - "Your Future, Your Way"
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